Tag: cloudsecurity

Checkov a Must Tool for Infra CI

As organizations move more of their operations to the cloud, the need for secure and compliant infrastructure becomes increasingly important. With the rapid pace of cloud adoption, it’s crucial to have a tool that can help you ensure that your cloud infrastructure is configured securely and in compliance with best practices. So in today’s blog, we will be talking about a solution for all these problems which is Checkov.

 What is Checkov?

Checkov a must tool for infra CI

Checkov is a tool that helps developers and operations teams ensure that their infrastructure is secure and compliant with best practices. It does this by automatically scanning infrastructure as code (IaC) and runtime environments for issues that could potentially lead to security vulnerabilities or compliance failures. Checkov works by scanning code written in various IaC languages (such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and ARM templates) and looking for patterns that could indicate security or compliance risks. It can also be integrated into a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline, allowing it to scan code automatically as it is being developed and deployed.

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AWS IAM: Security edition [part-2]

In the last blog, we covered a few and important security practices of AWS IAM but unfortunately, we didn’t cover many security options. So, we bring to you another AWS IAM blog. This blog covers the other remaining and also the important AWS IAM security options. So, it’s time to wear your ironman suit and get started with security edition part-2 [ The endgame ]. Here we go!

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AWS IAM: Security edition [Part-1]

In the last blog, we talked about AWS IAM challenges usually encountered while setting it up. We also talked about AWS IAM best practices which help us understand why there is a need for multiple options & practices through which we can satisfy our needs. When we talk about AWS IAM, there is an important term called security which plays an important role while setting up AWS IAM. We covered lots of approaches which generally are not related to AWS IAM security. We bring to you this blog that covers many aspects of security related to AWS IAM.

This blog will help you understand multiple options provided by AWS IAM through which we can set up secured infrastructure. Most of the options provided by AWS IAM are also covered as security best practices. Let’s explore some of the options.

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AWS IAM: Best practices [Part 1]

In the last blog, we talked about why proper management is important for AWS IAM which is not only related to security but also paves an appropriate way of handling things.

Now we’ll discuss some approaches to manage IAM, how these approaches/practices will affect access management and by using an example, we will also discuss how we can include these practices in the existing or new setup. Let’s jump into these approaches and discuss these practices one by one.

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